Garden Update

Here is a picture of our squash, gourd, and various pumpkin plants. We think that the ground holds too much moisture for these little fellas.
Corn. Obvious, right? It is tall, mostly, though a few have been knocked over by bad weather and a few more are rather stunted. We are not certain why that is.
Most of our garden, but the ends are cut abrupt. To the left there are peas and green beans (well, the plants... not the beans, yet). To the right (top) is the squash, melons, etc..

The garden is really taking off! Unfortunately, we have had a few good storms that have pummeled our corn, so that looks a bit rough. Too bad it couldn't have done a number on the weeds, but those seem to withstand all of our attempts to vanquish them. Perhaps we should try a page from 'Dubya's book and do a little "shock and awe."

Anway, I thought that I would post a few pics and tell a bit about what you are seeing.

Our cucumbers are beginnig to come in nicely. There are many blossoms, but I can only see one littel cucumber beginning it's life. It is small but pokey, and Gabe finds it fascinating.

Then we have several basil plants that are doing very well. One is a sweet basil (larger leaves) and the smaller leaves are globe basil plants. They both are very tasty as I put some leaves in my salad today. Yummy!There are several pepper plants hosting a few peppers each, with one lone jalepeno ready to harvest on our bucket plant in the rear of our garden. These tiny peppers are fairly recent additions. Aren't they cute?

Overall, I think the garden looks great and the produce we have eaten from it has had great flavor and a long shelf-life in the fridge. It is a wonderful addition to our lives and I am glad we planted it. Unfortunately, I am working with Gabe on Potty training for a few days, so my attention needs to be more on him than anything else, so I was not able to get into the dirt much at all today, though Mike weeded a row after he returned from classes today.